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GitHub Actions: Error: EEXIST: file already exists, link

See original GitHub issue

22.7.0

Electron Version: 8.3.1 and 9.0.2
Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

Target: MAS

In order to get signing done correctly and accepted by Apple, we had to make this configuration:

mas:
  type: distribution
  hardenedRuntime: false
  provisioningProfile: ./resources/embedded.provisionprofile
  entitlements: ./resources/entitlements.mas.plist
  entitlementsInherit: ./resources/entitlements.mas.inherit.plist
  asarUnpack:
    - '**/*.node'

Note the asarUnpack. Local building is fine, but when done in a GitHub Action:

  ⨯ Cannot cleanup: 

Error #1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: EEXIST: file already exists, link '/Users/runner/runners/2.263.0/work/privicypal/privicypal/electron/node_modules/leveldown/prebuilds/win32-x64/node.napi.node' -> '/Users/runner/runners/2.263.0/work/privicypal/privicypal/electron/release/mas/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/leveldown/prebuilds/win32-x64/node.napi.node'

Error #2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: EEXIST: file already exists, link '/Users/runner/runners/2.263.0/work/privicypal/privicypal/electron/node_modules/leveldown/prebuilds/linux-x64/node.napi.musl.node' -> '/Users/runner/runners/2.263.0/work/privicypal/privicypal/electron/release/mas/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/leveldown/prebuilds/linux-x64/node.napi.musl.node'

Error #3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: EEXIST: file already exists, link '/Users/runner/runners/2.263.0/work/privicypal/privicypal/electron/node_modules/leveldown/prebuilds/linux-arm64/node.napi.armv8.node' -> '/Users/runner/runners/2.263.0/work/privicypal/privicypal/electron/release/mas/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/leveldown/prebuilds/linux-arm64/node.napi.armv8.node'  stackTrace=
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Error: Cannot cleanup: